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Gimme shelter: North Carolinians take refuge from Florence's fury

Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Posted at Sep 14 06:16 PM

In shelters on Thursday, people crowded on cots, inflatable mattresses and blankets on the floors and in hallways of gymnasiums, clustering in corners to talk and outside to smoke. Read more »

10 years on, China still won't tell truth about Sichuan quake: activist Ai Weiwei

Hui Min Neo, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 06:07 PM

An official investigation into construction standards for schools that led to thousands of deaths was promised but the results have not been published. Read more »

Health during volcanic eruptions

Teodoro B. Padilla — Medicine Matters
Posted at Jan 22 04:17 PM

As in other extreme natural events, volcanic eruptions pose major health threats to individuals. There are several ways to protect one’s self and family during volcanic eruptions. Read more »

Cyclone batters southwestern India coast killing 14, many missing

Reuters
Posted at Dec 02 04:51 PM

MUMBAI - Cyclone Ockhi barrelled into the Lakshwadeep islands in southwestern India on Saturday after drenching the neighbouring states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, claiming so far around 14 lives with many fishermen still feared trapped at sea. Read more »

Iran hunts for survivors as quake kills 300 near Iraq border

Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 13 08:02 PM

Iranian rescue workers dug through rubble in a hunt for survivors on Monday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing more than 300 and injuring thousands. Read more »

Haiti tops index of nations worst-hit by extreme weather in 2016; PH at 16th

Alex Whiting, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Nov 09 11:06 PM

Haiti was hit last year by its strongest hurricane in 50 years, while Zimbabwe, which came second, suffered severe drought followed by floods. Read more »

9 dead due to bad weather in Zamboanga

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 05:42 PM

The number of those killed following the effects of inclement weather in Zamboanga City has risen to 9, a government official said Saturday.  Read more »

Trump in Puerto Rico to champion storm response

Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 02:50 AM

Trump hopes to underscore government recovery efforts and repair damage done by his contentious early response to the crisis. Read more »

Trump slams Puerto Rican mayor, says islanders ‘want everything done for them’

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 30 11:23 PM

Carmen Yulin Cruz, mayor of the territory's capital city San Juan, has called on federal authorities to do more to get vital supplies to residents. Read more »

Mexico quake: Still searching

Nacho Doce, Reuters
Posted at Sep 26 07:21 PM

A member of a rescue team (right) holds a megaphone next to his team mates as they search for survivors, in the rubble of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico on Monday. Read more »

Foreigners killed in Mexico quake

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 12:00 PM

MEXICO CITY - The bodies of eight foreigners have been recovered from the rubble of the quake that struck Mexico City, officials said Friday. Read more »

Mexico strengthens rescue efforts

Carlos Jasso, Reuters
Posted at Sep 21 05:03 PM

Rescue workers work at a collapsed building after an earthquake at the Obrera neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico on Wednesday. Read more »

Tremors trigger fears of volcanic eruption in Bali

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 05:40 PM

Authorities have raised alert levels for Mount Agung after hundreds of small tremors stoked fears it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. Read more »

Mexico quake kills at least 200

Reuters
Posted at Sep 20 03:58 PM

At least 226 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that struck central Mexico on Tuesday, the nation's civil protection agency said. Read more »

Millions in Florida evacuate as Hurricane Irma pounds Cuba, heads north

Marc Frank, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 09:34 AM

HAVANA - Hurricane Irma lashed Cuba as it roared toward Florida on Friday after hitting the eastern Caribbean with its devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.   Read more »

Trump offers US support to French president after Irma hits French islands

Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 09:18 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump spoke on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron to extend his condolences on the devastation to the French territories of St. Barthelemy and St. Martin due to Hurricane Irma. Read more »

Sierra Leone mourns 100 children among dead in massive flooding

Saidu Bah, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 11:59 AM

Sierra Leone began a week of mourning Wednesday as it emerged that 105 children were among more than 300 people who perished in mudslides and torrential flooding, in one of the country's worst natural disasters. Read more »

Monsoon landslide kills 45 in northern India: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 07:33 AM

A massive landslide in mountainous northern India swept two packed passenger buses off a hillside Sunday into a deep gorge, killing 45 people, an official said. Read more »

Bukidnon quake cracks buildings, injures elderly woman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 04:27 PM

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake that struck Bukidnon province on Saturday afternoon damaged several buildings and injured one person.  Read more »

6.7-magnitude quake kills 2 in Greece: report

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 21 09:33 AM

Two people were killed Friday on the Greek island of Kos after a strong 6.7 magnitude quake hit the region, the ANA news agency reported. Read more »